EP0066548A2 - Positionneur hydropneumatique pour démontage ou montage de moteurs sur les ailes d'avions et analogues - Google Patents

Positionneur hydropneumatique pour démontage ou montage de moteurs sur les ailes d'avions et analogues Download PDF

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EP0066548A2
EP0066548A2 EP82830009A EP82830009A EP0066548A2 EP 0066548 A2 EP0066548 A2 EP 0066548A2 EP 82830009 A EP82830009 A EP 82830009A EP 82830009 A EP82830009 A EP 82830009A EP 0066548 A2 EP0066548 A2 EP 0066548A2
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B66—HOISTING; LIFTING; HAULING
    • B66F—HOISTING, LIFTING, HAULING OR PUSHING, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, e.g. DEVICES WHICH APPLY A LIFTING OR PUSHING FORCE DIRECTLY TO THE SURFACE OF A LOAD
    • B66F7/00—Lifting frames, e.g. for lifting vehicles; Platform lifts
    • B66F7/02—Lifting frames, e.g. for lifting vehicles; Platform lifts with platforms suspended from ropes, cables, or chains or screws and movable along pillars
    • B66F7/04—Lifting frames, e.g. for lifting vehicles; Platform lifts with platforms suspended from ropes, cables, or chains or screws and movable along pillars hydraulically or pneumatically operated
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64F—GROUND OR AIRCRAFT-CARRIER-DECK INSTALLATIONS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR USE IN CONNECTION WITH AIRCRAFT; DESIGNING, MANUFACTURING, ASSEMBLING, CLEANING, MAINTAINING OR REPAIRING AIRCRAFT, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; HANDLING, TRANSPORTING, TESTING OR INSPECTING AIRCRAFT COMPONENTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B64F5/00—Designing, manufacturing, assembling, cleaning, maintaining or repairing aircraft, not otherwise provided for; Handling, transporting, testing or inspecting aircraft components, not otherwise provided for
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  • the present invention relates to a hydro-pneumatic positioner for the support, transport and lifting or lowering of a trailer provided with a cradle, having the special adapters for supporting a wing engine and to be used for the removal or installation of an engine, in particular, for aeroplanes of the types known under the names: Douglas D.C.10, Airbus A 300 or also for other similar intended purposes.
  • the workers not only must work in unconfortable positions in which they are hampered by the structures which are part of the equipment, but they also work under very high impending loads, so that wrong manecutes and/or damages in the equipment can cause accidents also of the maximum seriousness.
  • a known equipment consists of a bridge-crane to be used in conjunction with sling hooks.
  • the use of such an equipment requires normally the previous removal of the whole engine cowling. Further the workers on the bridge crane and those who operate near the ground must cooperate together at a considerable distance from each other so that the manecutes require long time and labour in order to be performed in a correct and strict perfect collaboration; they cause also a high stress and fatigue in the interested personel.
  • the removal or installation of the wing engines of the like present thus always a poor reliability in the attaining of perfect results; besides they require the employment of numerous labour and very long work times.
  • Another known equipment is based on the commonly called "Boot strap System”. This equipment does not require the removal of the engine cowls, because this equipment is designed to operate from the underside of the engine, so that it requires only the use of a frame for holding in open position by means of supporting members, directly the pair of the two halves of the shell forming the central portion of each cowl, and indirectly the pairs of two shell halves forming the front and rear portions thereof.
  • the installation is a particularly delicate operation, since, as it is well known to the persons skilled in the art, it is necessary to obtain the exact matching between the bolt holes arranged on the engine and those arranged on the pylon of the aircraft before the insertion and the screwing down of said mounting bolts, also taking in due consideration that the threaded holes of the rear bolts are provided on a rocking support member so that this operation becomes still more difficult to be performed.
  • the present invention thus aims to provide an equipment capable of overcoming the aforementioned inconveniences and which also enables to reduce the time necessary for performing all the operations necessary for the substitution of a wing engine, as well as enabling to reduce the required labour, also increasing the personel safety, semplifying the required manerises and reducing the strains which the operators have to bear.
  • This equipment enables the operators to more easily approach the work or control areas so as to enable these latter to work in better and safer conditions, with less physical efforts as well as with the best efficiency so that the ergonomic duty will be considerably improved.
  • the present invention thus related to a hydro-pneumatic positioner for the support and the transport of a trailer provided with a cradle designed to support and receive a wing engine.
  • This positioner will be brought by any transportation means near to the area where the aeroplane is parked, but said positioner can also selectively be supported by air cushions so that it can easily be pushed forward or back together with all what is carried thereon.
  • the present invention also provision is made to install on said trailer small disassemblable stepping platforms for the more safety and comfort of operators who provide to the removal of the engine or to the installation of the new engine. Therefore these operators are let to ascend or descend together with the trailer so that they remain always in the best position for approaching the bolt holes arranged on the engine body and also for controlling their centering with the help of, and also making reference, to the provided gauge pins, with respect to the bolt holes arranged on the carrying structure of the aircraft, in particular, on the pylon designed to support said engine.
  • the present invention is based on the informing principle, totally unrecognized by the art, of using a special hydro-pneumatic positioner for the lifting of a trailer carrying a cradle for supporting the engine, or which is designed to receive the engine which has to be removed from the pylon, in order to enable to carry out all the operations of overhaul, maintenance or substitution of one or more parts thereof.
  • This trailer is caused to be lifted together with the operators who have to accomplish the removal or the installation of the engine; then it is caused to be lowered by the positioner in order to enable that the trailer can be removed away from said positioner and to be towed towards the repair shop, in the case wherein the trailer carries the engine to be overhauled, or towards a parking area, ready for a further employ, when the trailer has been used for the installation of an engine.
  • the positioner comprises a strong basic structure provided with devices adapted to create four air cushions for the suspension thereof. Adjacent its corners are installed four hydraulic cylinders having vertical operative strokes. Said basic structure by mean of the said four hydraulic cylinders and four hoisting chains, supports a frame shaped designed to support the standard transportation trailer; the wheels of said trailer remain always positioned out of the longitudinal sides of the basic structure of the positioner.
  • the pair of front hydraulic cylinders are fixed to the basic structure, while the rear ones can be overturned until they are in contact with the ground in alignment with the basic structure so that the axles of the trailer or any lower part of the chassis thereof can be positioned just over the basic structure of the positioner with the frame in its lowermost position, while the trailer wheels can travel on the ground along the longitudinal sides of the positioner, and then said rear cylinders can be brought again in their vertical position, then the positioner is ready to become operative so as to lift the frame together with the trailer; then the positioner together with the assembly carried thereon can be moved until to reach the exact utilisation area and then it can raise the trailer until the required level.
  • the positioner is provided with four devices adapted to create air cushions therebeneath. As said devices become operative they cause the positioner to be raised up to such a distance from the ground that the trailer wheels are separated from the ground. In this condition the assembly requires a minimum effort, which is of about 1/1000 of the total weight carried, to be moved and no effort at all, for lifting the engine during the removal installation phases. Thus this assembly can be brought in perfect alignment with the engine installation or removal areas. Said effort can be of about 10 kg.
  • the cradle is caused to move upwards, said frame now bearing the trailer on which there is, or will be placed, the engine, without requiring any effort of the operators, but only by means of the hydraulic cylinders which are actuated by an oil pressure supplied by a pump driven by an air- driven motor.
  • the exact positioning of the assembly can be then obtained by means of short horizontal fine adjustment movements of the assembly, which are made easier since the positioner now rest on air cushions.
  • the equipment for the installation or removal of a wing engine of an aircraft requires a trasportation trailer, generally indicated 1, having a steel chassis mounted on four wheels 16 and designed to support, by means of the adapters 24, an engine, generally marked 2, which has been removed or which as to be installed on an aeroplane; each wing engine of aeroplanes of the aforementioned types is provided with a cowl, the front end portion of which consists of a single body, while the central and the rear parts are constituted of three pairs of curved plates, each shaped in the form of a half-shell or valve.
  • Said shells are pivotally linked to the pylon carrying the engine 2 and during the installation or removal operations they must be maintained in their raised positions by suitable known devices.
  • the trailer 1 comprising a steel chassis on which is mounted a cradle 24 is well known in its operative structure, but for the present purpose is equipped, according to the present invention, with the work stepping platforms 18, preferably mounted in a disassemblable manner, and which permit to improve the accessibility of the operators to the engine 2, during the removal or installation phases.
  • the equipment further comprises the hydro-pneumatic positioner, generally indicated 10, consisting of a basic structure, generally marked 3, which by means of two pairs of hydraulic cylinders or jacks 5 and 6 , operating in vertical direction and connected to four hoisting chains 9, bears a frame 7 designed, in turn, to support, raise and lower the trailer 1
  • a support cradle 24 which carries or which will carry the engine 2.
  • this latter has its central and rear portions of a width less than the distance between the inner side surfaces of the trailer wheels 16, while the rear hydraulic cylinders 6 can be overturned until they come into contact with the ground, in alignment with the basic structure 3, so that the trailer 1, 24 together with the engine 2 mounted thereon, or without said engine, can be brought just over said basic structure 3 as well as over the frame 7 thereof, now returned to its lowermost level, when the trailer 1 is caused to travel along the ground supported by its wheels 16 which move on the ground near the longitudinal sides of the positioner 10.
  • the hydraulic cylinders 6 can be overturned until they come into contact with the ground or can be brought again in their vertical position by a third pair of hydraulic cylinders 8, of a double-acting type, which cause cylinders 6 to be brought in unison until their horizontal position and then, when the trailer 1 has reached its correct position over the basic structure 3 and the frame 7, so as to raise the hydraulic cylinders 6 up to their vertical position, ready to be brought in action.
  • the devices 4 which are "per se" well known and which are designed to create under the bottom side of the structure 3 four air cushions having a sufficient power for lifting upwards the positioner 10 from the ground, together with the trailer 1, 24 and the engine 2, if this is the case, said trailer 1 now resting on the frame 7 by means of its axles 17, while the wheels 16 remain hanging from the chassis of the trailer 1, on which a cradle 24 is mounted supporting a set of work stepping platforms 18, preferably installed, in a removable manner, by means of quick connecting pins 19 adapted to disconnectably connect said platforms l8 to the cradle 24 and which are designed to support the operators which have to perform the removal of the engine 2 from, or the installation of the said engine 2 on the aircraft, so that said operators can be let ascend or descend by the positioner 10 together with the trailer 1 and the cradle 24 mounted thereon ( Figures 2 and 7).
  • the engine 2 ( Figure 1) is drawn from the repair shop or from its parking area, already mounted on a transportation trailer 1, which houses said engine 2 by mean of the cradle 24, said trailer 1 being then towed until near the area in which the engine 2 has to be installed by any suitable towing means.
  • the positioner 10 has been previously brought by any suitable transportation means and has been connected to any suitable pneumatic source existing in this area. Then the rear hydraulic cylinders 6 are caused to be overturned until they come into contact with the ground (dotted position shown into Figure 1), so that in this condition of the positioner 10 the trailer 1 can be moved so as to be positioned just over the basic structure 3 of said positioner 10, said trailer 1 being stopped just before coming in contact with the front hydraulic cylinders 5 . Afterwards the cylinders 6 are caused to be returned in their vertical position under the control of the hydraulic control cylinders 8.
  • the positioner 10 can be raised from the ground up to obtain such a distance that the trailer 1 together with the engine 2 remains supported by the positioner 10 and all this assembly remains suspended on the air cushions produced by the devices 4, with a clearance between the ground and the wheels 16 of about 2 cm.
  • this assembly can be thrusted in any direction with a very small effort so as to be positioned exactly in the area, where the engine 2 has to be installed and thence the hydraulic cylinders 5 and 6 are caused to become operative in unison, which lift the frame 7 upwards together with the trailer 1 and the engine 2 carried thereon.
  • the first phase of the lifting manerise will be actuated by supplying oil to the cylinders 5 and 6 by a rotary pump 14 driven by a compressed-air motor 13, while the last fine adjustment of the height will be performed, after the devices 4 have been made inoperative and supplying the oil to each of the cylinders 5 and 6, in an independent manner, by means of the manually driven pumps 15a, 15b and 15c, designed to feed the oil to said cylinders 5 and 6 more slowly, in parallel with the oil circuit which receives the oil fed by the pump 14.
  • the trailer 1 as has been already aforesaid, comprises a known metal carrying structure or chassis comprising side frame members 23 supporting the axles 17, at the end portions of which are rotatably mounted the wheels 16.
  • a cradle 24 having the shape of an inverted saddle, comprising shaped brackets and beam bearings for supporting the engine 2 so as to prevent any displacement thereof ( Figures 2 and 7).
  • Said cradle 24 comprises longitudinal beams 25 to which are fixed by means of disconnectable locking devices, as,for istance, quick connecting pins 19, the work stepping platforms 18 ( Figures 2, 5 and 7), these latter in their assembling positions extending innerwardly.from the cradle 24 up to attain the space designed to receive the engine 2, or, in the case when the engine 2 has been already mounted on said trailer 1 just near said engine 2 and, in particular, near the central portion thereof where there are the bolt holes provided to receive the bolts which serve to fixedly connect the engine 2 to the support pylon of the aircraft, entering coaxial bolt holes arranged on said pylon.
  • each platform 18 is made of a square tubular frame 39, covered with an aluminium alloy anti-skid plate, and the mounting upon the side beams 25 is made by means of quick connecting pins 19.
  • the largest platforms 18 shall be mounted near the engine fan section.
  • the positioner 10 consists of a lower basic structure 3 and of a frame 7 mounted thereon.
  • the main portion of the basic structure 3 ( Figures 3 to 7 and 14) consists of two longitudinal hollow beams 26 and of an intermediate rear hollow cross beam 27, while the front end portions of the beams 26 are connected to one another by a front hollow cross beam 28 which is longer than the width of the central and rear portions of the basic structure 3.
  • the hollow beams 26, 27 and 28 of the basic structure 3 are air-tight connected to each other and have inner intercommunicating cavities which define, in combination, an inner chamber 29 ( Figure 11) provided to constitute a reserve of the compressed air which will be used for feeding the air cushion devices 4 of the positioner 10, as will be hereinafter described.
  • the basic structure 3 has thus in plan a substantially T T shape and near its outer corners and underneath thereof are mounted the known devices 4 for creating air cushions adapted to raise the positioner 10 away from the ground, together with what is mounted thereon, up to a predeterminated distance from said ground, during some phase of the utilisation thereof.
  • the ground or floor on which the positioner 10 shall work must be well smooth, non porous, clean from any dirty material or any protruding object and without any crack; or said operating surfaces must be covered with a thin-gage sheet metal or other suitable laminar material, in particular, a carpet made of plastics with a substrate of fabric, as for instance, the so called "Linoleum".
  • the hydraulic cylinders 5 and 6 having operative vertical strokes.
  • the hydraulic cylinders 5 are fixed because the piston cylinders 5b are fixedly connected to the basic structure 3 also by means of strong propping bars 30.
  • the piston rods 5a actuated by the inner pistons of the cylinders 5 are each made integral with a protection cover 31 shaped as a channel, the inner cavity of which facing downwards houses two trasmission guiding rollers 32 for a chain 9 which travels on a longitudinal plane with respect to the basic structure 3.
  • the chain 9 associated with each hydraulic cylinder 5 is anchored at one of its ends to a connection 33 of the basic structure 3 and at the other to a connection 34 arranged on the frame 7 ( Figures 4 and 6).
  • the frame 7 is formed by two longitudinal beams 7a spaced apart from one another so as to allow said beams 7a to be located along the outer sides of the longitudinal beams 26, said beams 7a being bridged to one another by an intermediate cross beam 7b positioned near the rear end of the frame 7, and by a front cross beam 7c, the ends of this latter extending outwardly beyond the longitudinal beams 7a and being provided with the said connections 34.
  • the cross beams 7b and 7c are mounted on the longitudinal beams 7a.
  • the rear hydraulic cylinders 6 are operatively identical to the hydraulic cylinders 5, but their chains 9 travel in a transversal plane with respect to the basic structure 3.
  • piston rods 6a are made integral with a channel-like protection cover 31, in the inner cavity of which are rotatably mounted transmission guiding rollers 32 for the respective chains 9, which are anchored at one end by means of a sleeve 35 to a transversal rod 36 ( Figure 10) which is made integral with the piston cylinders 6b of the rear hydraulic cylinders 6.
  • a transversal rod 36 Figure 10
  • the other end of the chains 9, wich cooperate with the hydraulic cylinders 6, is respectively connected by means of a transversal pin 42 to the connections 41 arranged on the rear ends of the longitudinal beams 7a of the cradle 7.
  • said piston cylinders 6a are connected to the piston rods 8a of the hydraulic cylinders 8, while the lower end of the piston cylinders 8b of the hydraulic cylinders 8 are pivotally linked at 38 to the longitudinal beams 26.
  • the piston cylinders 6b of the hydraulic cylinders 6 are always held in parallel relationship to one another by inclined arms 40, each fixedly connected at its upper end to the upper head of the respective piston cylinder 6b, while at its lower end is made integral at 43 to the rod 36 so that the hydraulic cylinders 6, having the axes always parallel to one another and coplanar with the axis X-X, can rotate in unison about the axis X-X under the control of the hydraulic cylinders 8, the piston rods 8a of which are hinged at 37 to the upper ends of the respective arms 40.
  • the hydraulic cylinders 8 are of a double-acting type and their operative strokes are as long as to bring the hydraulic cylinders 6 from their vertical position, (shown in full lines in Figure 1) to their horizontal position (shown in dotted lines in Figure 1), in which they are positioned in contact with the ground and substantially in prosecution of the longitudinal beams 26 of the basic structure 3, the central and rear portions of which, together with the frame when brought in its lowermost position, must have in this position a height less than that of the lowermost portions of the axles 17 of the trailer 1, or of the lowermost parts of the chassis of the trailer 1 so that this latter can be freely moved over the frame 7 and the basic structure 3, advancing from the rear end of the positioner 10 ( Figure 1).
  • the devices 4 are fed by the compressed air supplied through the set of pipes 11 which are connected to an air cushion pressure regulating unit, indicated by the block 44 in the block diagram of Figure 11, but which comprises single regulators 44a, 44b, 44c and 44d, each controlling one of the devices 4 ( Figure 12).
  • the compressed air is supplied to the unit 44 through the pipe 45 controlled by a shut-off valve 47, from said pipe 45 being branched off two pipes, i.e. the pipe 45a comprising an auxiliary flow regulator 46, and the pipe 45b including a shut-off valve 47a.
  • the compressed air passing through the pipe 45 is supplied through the pipe 55 which is branched off from the main feeding pipe 53 with the interposition of the chamber 29 obtained in the inside of the carrying frame of the basic structure 3, which, for such a purpose, includes the tubular beams 26, 27 and 28, the inner intercommunicating cavities of which form the chamber 29 which is air-tight closed with respect to the atmosphere, and is provided with a drain valve 48.
  • Said chamber 29 acts as a compressed-air reserve in the pneumatic system, said reserve being of such an amount as to be sufficient for feeding the devices 4, at least partially and for a predetermined time, so that in the event of a breakage of the pipes which supply the compressed air to the chamber 29, or other similar accidents, the positioner 10 can be able to lie down on the ground slowly enough, without being subjected to any dangerous impact.
  • the main feeding pipe 53 ( Figure 11) is connected by a quick coupling 52 to the hose 83, while upstream of the shut-off valve 54 is mounted an air filter 49, downstream of which the pipe 55 is branched off.
  • a main air pressure regulating valve 50 In the pipe 53 are also inserted a main air pressure regulating valve 50 and then a device 51 for lubricating the air. Then the pipe 53 is connected to the pipe 12 controlled by a shut-off valve 47b, said pipe 12 supplying the compressed air to the rotary motor 13 provided with muffler 57, said motor 13 driving the oil pump 14.
  • a dotted line is indicated a branched off pipe 80 controlled by the shut-off valve 47c, said pipe 80 ending with a quick coupling 82 for the connection with the hose 84 designed to supply compressed air to other apparatus working near and co-operatively associated with to positioner 10, if that could be required.
  • the devices 4 are caused to become operative, previously adjusting the air pressure in function of the total weight of the assembly.
  • air cushions which maintain the basic structure 3 suspended on the air in a substantially d; horizontal position, also under the foreseen maximum load.
  • said basic structure 3 must be spaced away from the ground of such an extent, that the trailer wheels 16 can remain in suspended position along the outer sides of the longitudinal beams 7a of the frame 7, which now is in contact with the basic structure 3 and which in this condition supports the trailer 1 and also the engine 2, if an engine 2 had been previously mounted on said trailer 1.
  • the assembly 10, 1, 24 and 2 can be easily manually pushed up to be positioned just underneath the pylon of the aircraft, in the correct spot in which the work has to be performed; then the air supply to the devices 4 is cut by actuating the valves 47 and the operators get on the platforms 18; afterwards the hydraulic cylinders 5 and 6 are actuated.
  • the valve 47b is opened, which controls the pipe 12, through which compressed air is supplied to the motor 13 by means of which the pump 14 is driven, so that all the hydraulic system is ready to be put in action, as has been shown in the block diagram of Figure 13.
  • FIG. 13 are diagrammatically represented the hydraulic cylinders or jacks 8 which are designed to cause the overturning of the rearward hydraulic cylinders or jacks 6 and to return then these latter up to their initial position.
  • the hydraulic cylinders 8 which are of double-acting type, are alternately fed with oil supplied through the pipes 60a and 60b, the pipes 60a being provided with pilot check valves 59, respectively controlled by pressure in the pipe 60b.
  • the pipes 60a, 60b through a three position two-way control valve 56A, controlled by a band control 86A mounted on the front head of the positioner 10 ( Figure 14), can selectively be put in communication, either with the oil delivery pipe 71 or with the oil return pipe 72 conveying the oil into the oil reservoir 70 which is provided with an oil charge orifice 70a closed by a removable capnut.
  • the pipe 71 which opens into the reservoir 70 near bottom are inserted in series the filter 73 and the oil pump 14 driven by the compressed air motor 13, said pump 14 thus sucking oil from the reservoir 70 and forcing said oil in the hydraulic pipe system.
  • a check valve 69 is mounted, downstream of which a conduit 75 is branched off from the pipe 71, which is controlled by an over pressure valve 68 designed to permit any oil over-flow which can be generated in the delivery pipe 71 to be deviated and returned into the reservoir 70.
  • a pressure accumulator 67 is mounted downstream of the conduit 75 on an off-taken pipe, said pressure accumulator 67 being designed to compensate for any over pressure on the feeding oil system.
  • the pipes 71 and 72 can be connected:
  • the lever 86A will be actuated turning this lever 86A in a counterclockwise direction according to Figure 13, so that the hydraulic cylinders 8 during the forward strock of their pistons cause the piston rods 8a to advance, thus causing the overturning of the hydraulic cylinders 6.
  • the lever 86A is turned in clockwise direction, so that the hydraulic cylinders 6 are brought again in their vertical position under the action of the hydraulic cylinders 8 which perform their return stroke so that the cylinders 6 are now ready to become operative.
  • the lever 86A is turned up to attain its central position, in which the valve 56A controlling the connection between the pipes 60a, 60b and the pipes 71, 72 is positioned in its inoperative position, as shown in Figure 13.
  • the levers 86B, 86C and 86D are shifted counterclockwise so as to allow that the pressurized oil reaches the hydraulic cylinders 5 and 6 in order to lift the assembly 1,7 until the trailer 1 is positioned at a short distance below the engine 2 be removed, or so that the assembly 7,1,2 to be positioned at a short distance from the engine installation position.
  • valves 56B, 56C, 56D are shifted in their inoperative position so as to allow that the manually actuated pumps 15a, 15b, 15c can be put in action by actuating the control arms 64a, 64b and 64c respectively, so as to obtain a further slow lifting movement of the piston rods 5a and 6a of the hydraulic cylinders 5 and 6 in order to obtain that the engine 2 docks the pylon and that the mounting bolt holes of the engine 2 are brought in register underneath the connection holes of the pylon in the case of the installation of the engine, or in the case of engine removal to carry the trailer 1 with the cradle 24, but without the engine 2, just underneath the engine 2.
  • Said pumps 15a, 15b and 15c suck the oil from the resevoir 70 through a pipe 66 branched off from the pipe 71 downstream of the filter 73, said pipe 66 supplying the oil to the pipes 66a, 66b, 66c respectively, which by means of the respective pumps 15a, 15b, and 15c supply the oil to the hydraulic cylinders 5 and 6 through the pipes 65a, 65b and 65c, the pipes 65a and 65b being connected respectively to the pipes 76, and the pipe 65c being connected to the pipe 77 respectively, downstream of the valves 61B, 61C and 61D.
  • Said hand pumps 15a, 15b and 15c permit to perform the fine adjustment of the assembly (frame 7, trailer 1) with the cradle 24 carrying the engine 2 or without said engine 2, under the supervision of the operators mounted on the platforms 18 and which are placed in the best position so as to be able to assist in all the manerises and to reach the work positions for the removal or installation of the engine 2 and which can also control and co-ordinate all the manerises made by the operators working on the ground so as to obtain the perfect positioning of the engine 2 with respect to the holes designed to receive the mounting bolts, or from which the bolts have to be removed.
  • control levers 86B, 86C, 86D will be turned in closkwise direction until to put the pipes 76 and 77 again in communication with the oil return pipe 72, so that the piston rods 5a and 6a can re-enter the cylinders 5b and 6b up to attain their lower limit position. Then the levers 86B, 86C and 86D are actuated so as to shift the valves 56B, 56C, 56D in their inope rative position, as shown in Figure 13.
  • the lever 86A of the positioner 10 is turned clockwise so as to cause the rear hydraulic cylinders 6 to be lifted from the ground, afterwards the control lever 86A will be shifted up to its central position so that the three position valve 56A will be now returned in its inoperative position, so that the oil supply of the cylinders 8 will be cut. In this condition the positioner 10 can be towed by any suitable means up to the store or to any parking area, ready for any further utilization.

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EP82830009A 1981-05-22 1982-01-12 Positionneur hydropneumatique pour démontage ou montage de moteurs sur les ailes d'avions et analogues Expired EP0066548B1 (fr)

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IT48524/81A IT1142775B (it) 1981-05-22 1981-05-22 Posizionatore idro-pneumatico per il cambio di motori alari di velivoli a simili
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